NASA Cube Quest Challenge (CQC) team partnered with AMSAT-NA is among the five CQC teams to receive $20,000 each from the space agency as part of a competition that could lead to a lunar-orbiting Amateur Radio satellite. The Ragnarok Industries Nano-Satellite Company team, comprised of former NASA Goddard Space Flight Center PhD engineering interns, is…
SKU RK-314 Power, Watts, ICAS 5,000 at 30Mhz Losses, db 0,05 at 30MHz Cross talk, db more then – 50db to unused port Description Features The RK-3xx series of switches uses vacuum relays. It is designed to switch coaxial lines in RF systems operating up to 5 kW continuous duty. Specifications • Port Isolation (Worst…
Video by Fabio Baccaglioni As a consequence of the September 1 explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle during a “static fire” test, AMSAT has announced that the planned integration of Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D on the maiden voyage of the Spaceflight SHERPA platform would be postponed. AMSAT said the impact of the incident on…
Fuchs antenna has been known for many years. It is known as antenna with very narrow band width, which is not desirable at most of HAM operators. But this narrow band width is actually an advantage, because antenna beside high efficiency also functions as preselector when tuned. With this in mind Bostjan, S52FT has started…
WX4NHC Amateur Radio at National Hurricane Center WX4NHC Amateur Radio group volunteers at National Hurricane Center since 1980. Ham radio operators communicate with people in hurricanes from NHC to gather Surface Reports, broadcast Hurricane Advisories and provide back-up emergency communications. Our mission: Help Save Lives. For more information please visit wx4nhc.org. Video from wd4r’s YouTube…